Julia's Simple Chicken & Dumplings

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 (3 lb) whole chickens
• 1 onion, sliced
• 5 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 2 teaspoons pepper
• 1/4 cup milk
• 3 cups flour
• 3/4 cup water
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon pepper

Recipe

• 1 place all listed ingredients into stock pot and add just enough water to cover chicken.
• 2 simmer for approximately 40 minutes or until chicken parts easily from bone.
• 3 reduce heat to low.
• 4 remove chicken from pot and allow to cool.
• 5 separate meat from bones, divide into bite-sized pieces, and set aside.
• 6 discard bones.
• 7 in a medium bowl, combine flour, water, salt and pepper for dumplings and mix well.
• 8 dough should be well-defined, barely sticky, and easy to handle by hand: if it is too sticky, add more flour, or if it is crumbling, add more water.
• 9 turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface and roll with a rolling pin to 1/8" thickness.
• 10 return chicken stock to a simmer and add chicken.
• 11 with a sharp knife, cut dumpling dough into stips approximately 1" x 3".
• 12 add strips to simmering stock, stirring as you add them to keep them from sticking to each other or to the pot.
• 13 continue to re-roll the dough as needed, cutting dumpling strips and adding them to the stock until all dough is used.
• 14 when stock turns an opaque yellowish- color and thickens, add milk and stir.
• 15 add salt and pepper to taste.
• 16 excess may be frozen in a tupperware container or a doubled ziplock-type container for up to a month.
• 17 feel free to add up to 2 cups of water for more stock or to even up to double the amount of dumplings to accomodate your needs or tastes.